Really itching for a 260... thoughts on a couple of options? Hog Hunter?
So currently I'm shooting a 308 Axis. It's doing pretty well, but I'm really itching to build a 260. The Axis is bedded in a Boyds Tacticool right now, with a EGW base and an SWFA 16x42 on it.
My options would be to rebarrel the Axis, which is a very good possibility, or to start a new build. What are everyone's thoughts on the Hog Hunter?
I looked at a Hog Hunter barrel not long ago on ebay that went for pretty good money. I was thinking about picking up a Hog Hunter in 308, and selling the barrel and stock. Dropping it in another Tacticool, and throwing on a nice 260 barrel. Hog Hunters can be bought for $400-450, which seems like a pretty good deal for an accutrigger gun that I could make some decent money back on selling the barrel...
Other options I'm not thinking about? Input?
Thanks in advance!
Really itching for a 260... thoughts on a couple of options? Hog Hunter?
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Originally Posted by
upSLIDEdown
I really want to be able to make good, consistent hits at 1000+. That's pushing the limits of the 308, consistently.
I would argue that....after a great deal of load development, my Model 10 FLCP-K in 308 will ring the gong at 1000 yards very consistently a long as I have my A game going. The 308 is a long favored long range caliber....I have friends that regularly walk their 308's out past 1000 to 1200....1300....and then some. It's more the shooters skills than the rifles capabilities once you start shooting those distances.
Really itching for a 260... thoughts on a couple of options? Hog Hunter?
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Originally Posted by
bflee
That is true, but I can honestly say the CM made a much better long range shooter out of me! Then again I dont have as much tied up in my 308 as I do my 6.5, so alot of it could be the rifle and scope combo. I do like the lack of recoil also but that may be due to the weight of the rifle also. I let a 7 year old boy who had never shot anything but a 22lr shoot it and he was ringing an 8" plate at 400! He didnt even seat it on his shoulder!
Well obviously if you invest heavily in a 6.5 over a mostly stock 308 (or vise-versa)....that was exactly my point, it's going to take more $ than just a new barrel to make a huge difference over the 308....better stock, blueprint the action, pillar and action bedded, percision recoil lug, better glass....and lots of trigger time to be consistent out to 1k....I have about $2,000 (total) into my 10 FLCP-K so far (and it was a good starting platform) to keep me on target out to 1k....and spent a lot of time/money on load development as well. And yes, weight makes a huge difference...my 9 year old daughter who hunts with a .243 right now has been able to take my heavy A$$ flcp-k out to 250 so far and ring 6" plates...the 14 or so pounds that stupid thing weighs makes a huge difference.